The Southeastern Front () was a front of the

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during the

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which existed between 30 September 1919 and 16 January 1920. The Front headquarters were located in

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Operations

The front had the task of defeating Denikin's forces on the

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line and occupying the

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. The Front troops conducted in October 1919 defensive battles against the cavalry of Konstantin Mamontov on the Khopyor River, in the vicinity of the villages of

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, Ilovlinskaya and

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. Since November 1919 they participated in a strategic offensive, together with the Southern Front.
In November-December 1919 they conducted the Khopyor-Don Operation, in which the river Khopyor was crossed and

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and Kalach taken. On 3 January 1920, after a series of battles, Tsaritsyn was occupied.
During the Rostov-Novocherkassk Operation, the Front forces further defeated the White Don Army and on 7 January 1920 they occupied

. The Front was disbanded on 16 January 1920 and replaced by the Caucasian Front.

Composition

* 9th Army * 10th Army * 11th Army (from 14 October 1919) * 8th Army (from 10 January 1920) *

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(from 10 January 1920) * Volga-Caspian Military Flotilla

Commanders

Commander : * Vasily Shorin Chief of Staff : * Fedor Afanasyev (until 4 January 1920) * Semyon Pugachov (4-16 January 1920) Members of the Revolutionary Military Council: * Ivar Smilga * Valentin Trifonov * Sergey Ivanovich Gusev

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